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Quality of life and working context of nursing professionals of the Family Health Strategy

2015; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ; Volume: 16; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15253/2175-6783.2015000500008

2175-6783

Ana Luísa Nunes Marques, Maria Beatriz Guimarães Ferreira, Joyce Mara Gabriel Duarte, Nara dos Santos Costa, Vanderlei José Haas, Ana Lúcia de Assis Simões,

Resilience and Mental Health

Objective: to examine the relationship between working context and quality of life of nursing professionals of the FamilyHealth Strategy. Methods: observational, cross-sectional study with quantitative approach accomplished with 50 nursingprofessionals from urban and rural areas. Participants answered a questionnaire of socio-demographic and professionalcharacterization, the Work Context Assessment Scale and WHOQOL-brief. Data were submitted to exploratory and bivariateanalysis. Results: predominance of women, married, belonging to economic classes C/D and with only one employmentbond. The factor Work Organization and the Social domain had higher mean scores, while Socio-professional relations andthe Environmental domain, lower scores. Descriptively, there was a negative correlation between all the factors of the workcontext and the Physical, Psychological and Social domains. Conclusion: inadequate conditions to work practice, lack oforganization and the difficulty in social relationships negatively impact the quality of life of nursing professionals.